Spring Hill Library

Spring Hill Library
Spring Hill Library, Ladywood, Birmingham
General information
TypeLibrary
LocationLadywood, Birmingham, England
Coordinates52°29′6.16″N 1°55′10.14″W / 52.4850444°N 1.9194833°W / 52.4850444; -1.9194833
Completed7 January 1893
Height65 feet (20 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Frederick Martin, Martin & Chamberlain
Awards and prizesGrade II* listed

Spring Hill Library (grid reference SP055874) is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England.

Designed in 1891 by Frederick Martin of Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot (20 m) clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on 7 January 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and linked via a glazed atrium to a new (2010) Tesco superstore. The site was previously the location for the turnpike gate house for Icknield Street.

Still in use as a Birmingham branch library, it is a Grade II* listed building.

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